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Dir: Paul Hurst

An old chief of the peaceful tribe of Arapahoes tells a tale of a friend of his youth who was a scout with the famous Seventh Cavalry in Wyoming. A pioneer bound for California with his daughter was attacked by a white renegade and his Indian allies. The "Man Who Smiled" used the strategy of his race and helped to rescue the travelers. He was shot but still smiled and did not give up until the girl was restored to her lover, the First Lieutenant of the Seventh. An interesting story of friendship between Indian and white man in the early days of the West.

Dir: Paul Hurst

Terry Baldwin inherits a ranch under the stipulation that he finds the ghost that haunts it.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Haunted Range perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Paul Hurst

Depury sheriff Ned Williams is sent to capture a cattle thief in the area. The thief turns out to be a young woman, Betty Howard, who steals to keep her young siblings form starving to death and their hardscrabble homestead after the father has died. Buck Kelly, an enemy of Ned's, frames him and abducts Betty.

Dir: Paul Hurst

Col. McCoy, the friend of the Indians who knows their sign language, goes to an Arapahoe village to visit some of the old chiefs. He sees a man who talks the Indian language, but who unquestionably belongs to the white race. Years ago a young boy and his sister sought shelter with the Indians after a runaway in which their wagon was smashed and their uncle killed. The girl was kidnapped by a half-breed and rescued by the boy and a young man of the girl's own race who loved her. She married her lover and the boy decided he'd be an Indian brave and remained all his life with the people he had chosen.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Rangeland perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Paul Hurst

A Western Union messenger interrupts a burglary and tries to catch the thieves.

Dir: Paul Hurst

Returning from a conference with the White Men in Washington, the Medicine Man of the Arapahoe brings with him two hats, the hat worn by the white men in war and a top hat, which he and the Indians believe to have wonderful powers. While the Medicine Man is displaying his possessions, his daughter accidentally shoots an arrow through the top hat, and he promises her to the first man who asks for her. The Weasel speaks first and in spite of her protest, she is given to him. But her lover threatens the Weasel and he agrees to give her up. Her father refuses to take back his word, but the girl proves that the Weasel is a thief and the lover mends the top hat, so he takes back his word and the girl and her lover are united.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The White Man Who Turned Indian perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Paul Hurst

The Tribe of the Mandans was practically obliterated through smallpox and the survivors swore eternal vengeance on the white men, whom they believed to be the cause of the plague. This picture deals with the last of the Mandans who planned his revenge but was thwarted.

Dir: Paul Hurst

Esteban, a white boy, is reared by an Indian squaw, whom he believes to be his mother and from whom Beaugard steals the papers documenting Esteban's birth and his right to inherit a ranch. When he is grown, Esteban falls in love with Patricia Benton, Beaugard "exposes" Esteban to Patricia, and the villain taunts the lad that he has no right to a white woman. After a series of adventures in which Esteban recovers Patricia from Beaugard's grasp, the couple happily learn the truth from Esteban's "mother."

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Midnight Message perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Paul Hurst

A young man has a chance to become partners in an auto-repair business, but he doesn't have the money. In order to come up with some quick cash, he decides to temporarily become a professional boxer. The problem is that he isn't an athlete, knows nothing about boxing and stands a very good chance of getting the stuffing beaten out of him.

Dir: Paul Hurst

A young racing driver combines best features of two rival cars, thus producing an automobile which is the best entry in a 100-mile cross-country race. He triumphs over other contestants and wins the girl of his heart.